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1996 Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
1996 Yankees lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24 1996 Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory 1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory 1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory 1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign 1995 Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73 1995 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning 1993 Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos 1992 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v New Zealand by 9 wkts) 1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory 1991 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win 1991 Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian 1991 With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better 1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War 1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title 1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity 1989 Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles 1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory 1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway 1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st) 1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season 1987 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands 1986 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India 1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71 1984 Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4 1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31 1983 New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England 1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs. India at Karachi 1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands 1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0 1981 Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2 1979 George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3 1973 New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills 1973 Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen 1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106 1971 NBA's Los Angeles Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103 1969 After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets 1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony 1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St. Louis 23-14 1967 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans 1967 New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1 1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 1959 Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide 1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep 1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory 1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minnesota Lakers-133, St. Louis Hawks-75 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 1954 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 1953 Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin 1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory 1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1945 Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts 1945 Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1945 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India 1945 England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 England and Australia Services draw 4th Victory Test 1945 Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets 1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs 1945 Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets 1945 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services 1945 Victory celebration at Red Square 1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen 1944 Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City 1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22 1943 French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia 1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat and soy meal) 1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory) 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign 1940 Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory) 1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's 1939 U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain 1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon 1932 Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job 1928 Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils 1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox 1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) 1923 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals 1921 Gerard Thomas Victory, composer 1921 Gerard Victory, composer 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I 1913 Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England 1911 Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511 1910 Cy Young registers his 500th career victory 1908 White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory 1908 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1 1908 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England 1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox 1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory 1900 Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St. New York City 1900 Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory 1896 Archibald J Cronin, England, author, Citadel, Shining Victory 1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory 1895 Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years 1887 Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3 1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory 1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory 1883 England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia MCG 1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory 1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball 1864 General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North 1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico 1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory 1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground 1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) 1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 1614 Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends 1532 Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca 1515 Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory 1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English 1379 End of Gelderse war victory 1219 King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark |
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